He said in one of his final episodes: "I’ve had 18 and a half years of it, Mrs Wright, we pass like ships in the night and you’re looking around and thinking, at some point you’ve got to have a change.”

Do they have any children?

Matthew and Amelia don’t have any children together, but have been open about their attempts to have children.

Matthew Wright and wife Amelia met in 2007 [Getty]

In an interview with The Sun in 2013 he bravely said: “It’s funny because I actually didn’t want children. But then Amelia almost died and everything changed.

“People think of IVF as a miracle that solves everything but the reality is, it doesn’t. It’s very hard to go through it.”

His wife discovered she was pregnant with twins in 2009 after she was rushed to hospital after collapsing with severe abdominal pains.

In hospital she learnt she had an ectopic pregnancy, which led to blood poisoning.

Matthew Wright has stepped down from his role after 18 years [Channel 5]

She said: “I told Matthew, I don’t think I’ll be here in the morning’ It was terrifying.”